The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron took over the NATO Baltic air policing mission Sept. 1 from the Polish air force at Lithuania Air Force Air Base.
U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Christopher Stagner
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The U.S. Navy celebrated start of the first MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System fuselage at Northrop Grumman’s Moss Point, Miss., manufacturing facility Sept. 1.
Northrop Grumman Corporationhas received a $68 million award to provide personnel for operating Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) systems at forward operating bases (FOB) supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
A Heron UAV leased to the RAAF was extensively damaged on Jun. 4 at Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan.
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It has come to light that a newly-launched Chinese satellite carried out a rendezvous with an older satellite last month.
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